15th Feb, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Mixed World Coinage, a large collection comprising over 100+ base metal examples and 78 x silver florins, shillings, tokens and foreign coinage, highlights include: Edward VII florin 1904 obv. bare head right, rev. Britannia standing facing holding shield and trident, light contact marks and minor rim imperfections, otherwise GVF; Victoria 'Godless' florin 1849 obv. Gothic bust left, D:G omitted, rev. crowned cruciform shields, emblems of the Union in angles, VG; George III shilling 1817 obv. bull head right, rev. crowned shield of arms, about Fine; Sheffield Sixpence 1811, Younge & Deakin, VG; Germany 5 reichsmarks 1936, obv. dig at 12 o'clock, otherwise Fine; Iran 2000 dinars AH1329 (1911), holed at 12 o'clock, otherwise Fine; Egypt 2 piastres AH1356 (1937), EF; examples also from Russia, India, France, South Africa etc.
Sold for £250
Estimated at £150 - £250
Auction: Coins & Banknotes, 15th Feb, 2023
An interesting and eclectic mix of coins spanning over 1000 years of history will go under the hammer in Tennants Auctioneers’ Coins & Banknotes Sale on 15th February. Amongst the nearly 600 lots are rare and fine examples such as a Gold Proof Set issued in 1937 to mark the Coronation of George VI, an AE Drachm produced in Alexandria mint in the reign of the Ptolemy III Euergetes (246-221 BC), a Portuguese Joao V (1720-56) 4 Escudos (Peca) minted in Lisbon in 1727 and two consecutively numbered Bank of England white five pounds.
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Tuesday 14th February 10am-5pm and the morning of the sale from 8am
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